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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 7e2a6f61f5..e3f5bc3396 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -144,6 +144,20 @@ refer to linkgit:gitignore[5] for details. For convenience: This is the same as `gitdir` except that matching is done case-insensitively (e.g. on case-insensitive file sytems) +`onbranch`:: + The data that follows the keyword `onbranch:` is taken to be a + pattern with standard globbing wildcards and two additional + ones, `**/` and `/**`, that can match multiple path components. + If we are in a worktree where the name of the branch that is + currently checked out matches the pattern, the include condition + is met. ++ +If the pattern ends with `/`, `**` will be automatically added. For +example, the pattern `foo/` becomes `foo/**`. In other words, it matches +all branches that begin with `foo/`. This is useful if your branches are +organized hierarchically and you would like to apply a configuration to +all the branches in that hierarchy. + A few more notes on matching via `gitdir` and `gitdir/i`: * Symlinks in `$GIT_DIR` are not resolved before matching. @@ -206,6 +220,11 @@ Example [includeIf "gitdir:/path/to/group/"] path = foo.inc + ; include only if we are in a worktree where foo-branch is + ; currently checked out + [includeIf "onbranch:foo-branch"] + path = foo.inc + Values ~~~~~~ |